[Homestead] Salmonella
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Thu Mar 12 10:36:00 EDT 2009
On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:36 AM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> My chickes run free and have no diseases. I'll even
> make mayonaise with raw eggs; I wouldn't do that with store-bought
> eggs.
I am not sure that is safe, Lynn. I have read that salmonella is
transmitted from hen to egg and therefore all her chicks carry it also
regardless of their subsequent living conditions. So unless our hens
are from salmonella-free, farm-grown hens of many generations they may
have the disease within them and in their eggs. If that is so, then it
is prudent to not eat raw eggs from hens that are only a few
generations removed from any of the big hatcheries.
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